Cosmetic cases



J. AVERSA COSMETIC CASES July 7, 1964 Filed Nov. 13, 1962 United States Patent 3,139,982 COSMETIC CASES Joseph Aversa, 270 Lafayette St., Scarsdale 12, N.Y. Filed Nov. 13, 1962, ser. No. 237,067 Claims. (Cl. 206-56) This invention relates to cosmetic cases in general and more particularly to cosmetic cases having a marking device fixed thereto and fully protruding therefrom, a tube slidably mounted in said barrel to uncover said marking device as it is being used, and a cap secured to said barrel to cover said marking device and slidable tube.

Among the objects of the present invention it is aimed to provide an improved cosmetic case having a marking device such as a lip brush, eyeshadow stick, eyebrow pencil, eye liner pencil, lip liner, and nail whitener having a barrel closed at one end, a rod fixed in said barrel, a marking device receiving cup at the outer end of said rod, a marking device secured in said cup and extending from said barrel, a tube slidably mounted in said barrel to cover said cup and uncover said marking device as it is being used, and a cap secured to said barrel and covering said marking device and slidable tube.

These and other features, capabilities, and advantages of the invention will appear from the subjoined detailed description of specific embodiments thereof illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which:

FIG. 1 is a side elevation of the case with the cap in place.

FIG. 2 is a side elevation of the case with the cap removed and the slidable tube and marking device in full lines after a part of the marking device has been used and the slidable tube and marking device in dash and dot lines showing the slidable tube and marking device before the marking device has been used.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged transverse section of the case shown in FIG. 1 with the cap in place and the slidable tube withdrawn into the barrel and the entire marking device exposed relative to the marking tube.

FIG. 4 is an exploded view of the several parts of the case without the cap.

FIG. 5 is a modification of an exploded View partly in section of the rod and cup to be secured to the inside of the barrel in which the rod is composed of drawn metal and the cup has a rear stem screw threadedly connected to the inside of the forward end of the rod.

FIGS. 6, 7 and 8 show fragmental sectional views of three ways in addition to the one disclosed in FIG. 3 for connecting the rod to the barrel.

In the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 4 inclusive there is illustrated a barrel 1 having a closed rear end 2 having an outwardly extending rib 3 near its front end to form an abutment for the rear end of the cap 4, FIG. 1, when the cap 4 is mounted on the barrel 1.

In the inner end of the barrel 1 there is frictionally pressed the plug 5 in the central opening 6 of which there is frictionally pressed the rear end of the rod 7 on which is slidably mounted the rear end 8 of the slidable tube 9. To stabilize the tube 9 on the rod 7 there is provided the yieldable washer 10 composed of rubber or the like, the outer face of which washer 10 is frictionally secured to the inner face of the tube 9.

The front end 11 of the rod 7 is diminished and provided with an external thread to threadedly secure the enlargement 12 at the rear end of the cup 13. Adjacent the front end of the tube 9 there is formed the externally extending rib 14 preferably spaced from the front end of the barrel 1 when the tube is positioned in its rearmost position as shown in FIG. 1 to enable engagement of the rib 14 in turn to actuate the tube 9 into and out of operative relation with the marking device or stick 15.

In the cup 13 the marking device such as the lipstick or lip liner 15 is secured. Preferably as shown, the cup 13 is provided with inwardly extending projections 16 firmly to engage and hold the rear end of the stick 15 in place. The marking device 15 in its original condition, before use, is preferably substantially the length of the tube 9 so that when the marking device 15 is in use, its front end will extend just beyond the front end or edge of the tube 9 as shown in FIG. 2. In order effectively to secure the cap 4 to the barrel 1, forwardly of the rib 3, there are preferably provided externally longitudinally extending ribs 17 or the like.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 6 the yieldable washer 18 in place of the washer 10 is provided with the inner faces of the annular rib 19 frictionally engaging the rod 20 and the outer faces of the washer 18 free of the tube 21. In turn, as shown in FIG. 8, the washer 22 is secured in the tube 23 by the annular rib 24.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 7, the washer 25 instead of the washer 10 of FIG. 3 is floatingly mounted between the rod 26 and the tube 27 with its inner face clearing the rod 26 and its outer face clearing the tube 27, reliance here being placed upon the slidable engagement of the rod 26 with the rear end 28 of the tube 27.

In the embodiment of FIG. 5, the plug 29 in place of the plug 5 is integral with the chambered rod 30 and the front end of the tubular rod 30 is provided with an internal thread 31 to engage the threads of the stud or projection 32 at the rear end of the cup 33. This cup 33 is also provided with inwardly extending projections 34 or the like frictionally to engage the rear end of the marking device.

Excellent results have been achieved when the washers 10, 18, 22 and 25 are composed of a rubber such as foam rubber or buna rubber, or a similar yieldable material such as felt, when the barrel 1, cap 4, and tube 9 are composed of brass, and when the plug 5 and the rod 7 of the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 3, are composed of aluminum. In turn, when the rod 30 and plug 25 are composed of a drawn material, they may either be composed of drawn aluminum, brass, or steel.

From the foregoing, the cup of both the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 2 and the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 5, is removable to facilitate replacing a new marking device when a marking device has been used up.

Furthermore, since the marking device is fixed to the cup and the length of the marking device relative to the barrel is fixed at all times, when the cap is positioned it can never crush the marking device as does occur with a great many of the lipsticks today in use where the marking device is swiveled out and may extend a greater distance than the length of the cap.

It is obvious that various changes and modifications may be made to the details of construction without departing from the general spirit of the invention as set forth in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In a cosmetic case, the combination of a barrel having a closed rear end, a rod having a plug at its rear end secured in the rear end of said barrel, a tube slidably mounted on said rod having its rear end restricted and in slidable engagement with said rod, a flexible washer mounted in said tube adjacent to said restricted said rear end slidably receiving said rod to stabilize said rod in said tube, a cup secured to the front end of said rod, and a marking device having its rear end secured in said cup, the tube corresponding in length substantially to the length of the marking device before use to enable the front end of the marking device to project therefrom for use, said tube being slidable in said barrel as the marking device wears down from use, enabling the front end of the marking device always to protrude from the front end of said tube when in use with the front end of the tube extending beyond the front end of the barrel in rearmost position of the tube relative to the barrel, and an outwardly extending rib on said tube spaced from the front end of said barrel in rearmost position of said tube relative to said barrel to enable manipulation of said tube relative to said barrel and marking device.

2. The combination as set forth in claim 1 in which said barrel has an outwardly extending annular rib near its front end to form a stop or abutment, a cap slidably mounted on the end of said barrel forwardly of said annular rib, and frictionally projecting portions formed in said barrel forwardly of said annular rib to cooperate with said cap to secure the same in place.

3. The combination as set forth in claim 1 in which said washer is composed of rubber and is frictionally anchored to the inner face of said tube.

4. The combination as set forth in claim 1 in which said rod and plug are integral with one another and composed of a drawn metal, said rod being chambered and having an internal thread adjacent its front end, and said cup has a projecting stud at its rear end having threads to cooperate with the threads in the front end of said rod. 5. The combination as set forth in claim 1 in which said barrel, cap and tube are composed of brass, and said plug and rod are composed of aluminum.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 

1. IN A COSMETIC CASE, THE COMBINATION OF A BARREL HAVING A CLOSED REAR END, A ROD HAVING A PLUG AT ITS REAR END SECURED IN THE REAR END OF SAID BARREL, A TUBE SLIDABLY MOUNTED ON SAID ROD HAVING ITS REAR END RESTRICTED AND IN SLIDABLE ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID ROD, A FLEXIBLE WASHER MOUNTED IN SAID TUBE ADJACENT TO SAID RESTRICTED SAID REAR END SLIDABLY RECEIVING SAID ROD TO STABILIZE SAID ROD IN SAID TUBE, A CUP SECURED TO THE FRONT END OF SAID ROD, AND A MARKING DEVICE HAVING ITS REAR END SECURED IN SAID CUP, THE TUBE CORRESPONDING IN LENGTH SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE LENGTH OF THE MARKING DEVICE BEFORE USE TO ENABLE THE FRONT END OF THE MARKING DEVICE TO PROJECT THEREFROM FOR USE, SAID 